Denver Nuggets 113, New Orleans Pelicans 108 — Recap

March 26, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 113, New Orleans Pelicans 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 26-33 NOP; Q2 DEN 28-30 NOP; Q3 DEN 31-23 NOP; Q4 DEN 28-22 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 39 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 16-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 37 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 17-of-30 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Paul Millsap (DEN) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

39 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 16-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

37 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 17-30 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 10-17 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 39 pointsJamal Murray · Season-high 11 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	26	28	31	28		113
NOP	33	30	23	22		108

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

54Points in the paint46

11Fast-break points11

20Second-chance points7

23Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.1%Effective FG%57.7%

7.7%Turnover %12.1%

26.2%Offensive rebound %19.4%

0.075Free-throw rate0.256

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	41	37	6	9	2	1	1	17-30	3-5	0-0	+23
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	25	5	2	0	1	2	10-17	5-6	0-1	+16
Jamal Murray G	39	23	3	11	1	0	2	10-18	2-6	1-1	+9
Will Barton G	37	5	2	1	1	3	2	1-3	1-2	2-2	+23
Paul Millsap F	30	16	7	3	2	1	1	6-12	2-4	2-3	+3
PJ Dozier G-F	21	2	6	1	0	0	0	1-6	0-1	0-0	-8
JaMychal Green F	16	2	4	1	1	1	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-17
Facundo Campazzo G	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-13
Zeke Nnaji F-C	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-11

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Steven Adams C	41	8	4	1	1	1	1	3-7	0-1	2-2	-23
Zion Williamson F	39	39	10	5	1	2	3	16-19	1-1	6-7	+13
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	39	14	5	5	2	2	3	5-13	4-10	0-0	-6
Brandon Ingram F	37	13	3	5	0	1	2	5-17	3-6	0-0	-29
Eric Bledsoe G	34	16	4	9	2	0	1	5-11	2-5	4-5	-2
Josh Hart G	27	10	8	2	1	1	1	3-6	2-3	2-2	-5
Kira Lewis Jr. G	16	6	1	3	0	0	0	2-5	0-3	2-2	+9
Jaxson Hayes C	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	+18

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	41	37	61.7	35.6	+30.3	18.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	40	25	71.7	22.1	+20.0	10.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	39	23	62.4	23.3	+12.0	12.9
Paul Millsap	Bench	30	16	60.1	21.5	+12.2	10.8
Will Barton	Bench	37	5	64.4	7.7	+33.8	2.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	4	3	150.0	10.0	-162.5	18.2
PJ Dozier	Bench	21	2	16.7	12.2	-16.1	4.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	16	2	25.0	10.5	-50.0	-0.9
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	12	0	0.0	6.7	-47.5	-2.8

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	39	39	88.3	29.4	+17.1	23.6
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	34	16	60.6	20.0	-9.8	11.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	39	14	53.8	18.6	-8.0	7.1
Brandon Ingram	Bench	37	13	38.2	25.0	-41.6	3.0
Josh Hart	Bench	27	10	72.7	12.3	-10.8	16.6
Steven Adams	Bench	41	8	50.8	10.3	-30.3	4.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	16	6	51.0	15.4	+29.7	9.6
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	7	2	113.6	11.8	+122.1	11.8